Cutting the fuse : the explosion of global suicide terrorism and how to stop it / Robert A. Pape, James K. Feldman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pape, Robert Anthony, 1960-

Contributor:

Feldman, James K. (James Kendrick)

Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism.

Series:

Chicago Series on International and Dome

Chicago Series on International and Domestic Institutions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suicide bombings.

Terrorists--Suicidal behavior--Middle East.

Terrorists.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Terrorism--Prevention.

Terrorism.

United States--History, Military--21st century.

United States.

United States--Military policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cutting the Fuse offers a wealth of new knowledge about the origins of suicide terrorism and strategies to stop it. Robert A. Pape and James K. Feldman have examined every suicide terrorist attack worldwide from 1980 to 2009, and the insights they have gleaned from that data fundamentally challenge how we understand the root causes of terrorist campaigns today-and reveal why the War on Terror has been ultimately counterproductive. Through a close analysis of suicide campaigns by Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Israel...

Contents:

Why focus on suicide terrorism

Analytic overview

Why occupation ignites suicide terrorism

What really motivates transnational suicide terrorists

The largest suicide terrorist campaigns

Iraq

Afghanistan

Pakistan

Al Qaeda

Lebanon

Israel and Palestine

Chechnya

Sri Lanka

The end of fear, the beginning of understanding.

Notes:

"Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism."

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612775833

9781282775831

1282775839

9780226645643

0226645649

OCLC:

667274300